Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker
Christopher Bryan Moneymakeris an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker. His 2003 win is said to have "revolutionized poker" because he was the "first person to become a world champion by qualifying" at an online poker site. This has been referred to in the press as the "Moneymaker Effect."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth21 November 1975
CountryUnited States of America
fit money realize start work
If you want to make money and have action, you need to work from like, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Those are the hours. That just doesn't fit with a lot of people's schedules. And that's just the start of it. You've got to realize what you are getting into.
facts changed money-maker
Other than that and the fact that I don't have to work any more my life hasn't changed a bit.
tvs way money-maker
I don't like the way I ever appear on TV.
love money people playing poker pros wins
The pros really like all the new people playing poker because they love the dead money; but when the money wins they don't like that very much at all.
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The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can.
hard life money people tons travel tv understand weird
But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.
asked honored jeff licensed privilege products series team tournament work
I have had the privilege to work with Jeff and his team on a series of licensed products and I was honored to be asked to co-host this tournament with him.
midway
It was about midway through the (2003) tournament,
acting anybody asked given interests
Acting is Hollywood. It's an American dream. If you asked just about anybody and said, 'Would you become an actor if given the opportunity?' - everyone would say yes. Why not? It would be an ideal. It would be an interesting opportunity. But I have other interests as well.
sort station
a sort of reaffirmation of a man's station in life.
trying
If you see me playing a $1/$2 no-limit on PokerStars, I'm probably experimenting with something, trying something new seeing how it works.
champion world want
Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there's always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they'll then be able to say they read a world champion's bluff.
beer college people
When I was broke, no one ever offered to buy me a beer. Now that I have quite a bit of money, everybody tries to buy me beers. Where were all these people back when I was in college and broke?
enjoyed meant-to-be
Poker is meant to be enjoyed.